On Jan. 20, 2013, the president will take the following oath as provided in our Constitution: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

In view of his current tenure, such an oath is nothing but a charade. Article II, Section 3 states “he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” He has refused to defend the Defense of Marriage Act and our immigration laws; and has even gone to the extreme measure of directing defense manufacturers to violate the WARN Act, and if they do so, he will have the taxpayers pay for any damages they might incur.

He has approved of hundreds of new regulations, some of which by his own party admissions have usurped the powers of Congress. He has refused to order the prosecution of the Black Panther Party for voting fraud by ignoring the evidence produced by Judicial Watch. He has had no problem in unilaterally changing laws that have been passed by Congress, such as the waivers granted in ObamaCare.

His office and his entire administration have routinely refused to respond within a reasonable time period to the FOl law. That action requires the requesting party to prosecute court action and when the court orders compliance, they use every tactic to delay or refuse compliance. Some of his executive orders, according to some scholars, exceed his powers.

The Constitution states that we are required to “promote the general Welfare.” His actions have made it quite obvious that he considers “promote” and “provide” to be synonymous. His failure to lead 51 Senate Democrats to produce a budget in four years has provided him with an open pocketbook to the taxes of our citizens.

He does not hesitate to lie when he wishes, such as informing us, to support his stimulus plan, that there was “no pork barrel in the plan,” when one of the foremost architects of the plan was telling us that we should not care about millions of pork spending. If he didn’t lie, then it would follow that he did not read the law before signing it, and either is equally incriminating.

We have a president who will govern as he sees fit and one who will ignore any encumbrance to his desired results, so this ritual is meaningless.